Here is an interesting story: http://andreaskluth.org/2010/03/12/alexander-meets-a-yogi-whos-the-hero/ Alexander the Great was busy conquering the known world once, when he saw, on the banks of the Indus river in today’s Pakistan, a naked guy sitting in the Lotus position and contemplating the dirt. “Gymnosophists” ( gumnos = naked, sophistes = philosopher) the Greeks called these men. We would call them yogis — as in: Patanjali , say. “What are you doing?”, asked Alexander. “Experiencing nothingness,” answered the yogi. “What are you doing?” “Conquering the world,” said Alexander. Then both men laughed, each thinking that the other must be a fool. “Why is he conquering the world?”, thought the yogi. “It’s pointless.” “Why is he sitting around doing nothing?”, thought Alexander. “What a waste of a life.” ____________________________________________________________________________ The quest...
